Cook Strait Knockdown

Lots of cruising sailors maintain blogs about their voyages and adventures. One of the best I’m aware of is written by Antonia Murphy, who sails aboard Sereia, a 36-foot Mariner ketch, with her husband Peter and toddler son Silas. They’ve been in New Zealand for some time, and here you see them recovering from a knockdown they recently suffered in Cook Strait. Antonia’s detailed account of the event, which she just published today, is amazing! I urge you to read it and explore their past adventures in detail. At the end of her most recent post, Antonia has announced they now plan to abandon ship and explore New Zealand by van, but I’m sure her posts from shore will be as lively as ever.

She didn’t say whether they are taking their Belgian go-go dancer along with them.